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I do not have a lot of exciting new stories to relate, as we have had a test every day for the last four shool days (and another one tomorow and maybe the next day too). But on Thursday night we will be leaving for Moscow, to stay there for three days.

So random things again-

Two days ago anotehr student and I passed a woman who had her small dog in a baby stroller, which seemed odd. We passed her again today, only the scene was made even more absurd by the fact that she was walking with a little girl who ought to have been in the stroller herself.

My host family's cat is as crazy as my dog at home. For those who do not know, my dog Izzy exhibits symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia. The cat here, Tima, rubs up against my leg to get me to pet him, and after thirty seconds or so he tries to scratch and or bite me. Other times he just runs away. Weird cat.

Another it-is-not-like-this-in-America thing is that the city is undergoing a big face lift before a two large festivals planned to take place this summer, but all of the various projects are in no way roped off. Often, you proceed through the construction work (as the path does too) and just try not to step on anything or be stepped on.

I was able to watch Roger Federer win the French Open, and in the process I learned the Russian words fr fantastic, serve, set, game, point, and win.

Finally, my friend Eric, who is doing an internship in Africa, also has a blog now. It is at www.ericinnamibia.blogspot.com